The Vampires' Night Orgy (1974)
"La orgía nocturna de los vampiros" (original title)

A busload of tourists stops in to visit a small European town. What they don't know is that the town is completely inhabited by vampires.

Director:

León Klimovsky

Writers:

Gabriel Moreno Burgos (story), Antonio Fos (story)

Stars:

Jack Taylor, Dyanik Zurakowska, José Guardiola

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Taylor	...	Luis
Dyanik Zurakowska	...	Alma (as Dianik Zurakowska)
José Guardiola	...	Boris, the Major
Charo Soriano	...	Raquel
Helga Liné	...	The Countess
Manuel de Blas	...	Marcos
David Aller	...	Cesar
Luis Ciges	...	Godo
Gaspar 'Indio' González	...	Ernesto (as Indio González)
Antonio Páramo	...	Bujoli police official
Fernando Bilbao	...	The Giant
Alfonso de la Vega	...	Lame blacksmith
Rafael Albaicín	...	Knife grinder
L. Villena	...	Bus driver
María Vidal	...	Maid

Storyline

A group of workers is traveling by bus to the town of Bojoni to work for an aristocratic family. The driver has a fulminating heart attack, and the group decides to drive to the near village of Tolnio instead, to spend the night and follow to Bojoni on the next morning. They find nobody in the apparently ghost city, but in the next morning, they meet the hospitable dwellers. Their bus has a problem in the engine, and they have to stay in Tolnio. Sooner they find that they are trapped in a vampire village.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | public domain | undressing | murder | female nudity | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

September 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grave Desires

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 12,740,443 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

José Frade Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996)

User Reviews

A blood-soaked Brigadoon

Reminiscent of Piero Regnoli's THE PLAYGIRLS AND THE VAMPIRE and Jean Brismee's THE DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE, Leon Klimovsky's THE VAMPIRES' NIGHT ORGY finds a busload of disparate characters stranded in the middle of a desolate Carpathian countryside and forced to rely on the kindness of strangers... who turn out to be vampires under the domination of an Anne Ricean queen played by veteran Euro-cult actress Helga Line (the ill-starred foreign agent in Eugenio Martin's HORROR EXPRESS). Eschewing fangwork and the usual Gothic trappings of the vampire mythos, Klimovsky and his screenwriters (Antonio Fos had co-written Eloy de la Iglesia's CANNIBAL MAN and CLOCKWORK TERROR) return to European folklore to present shabby, homely revenants whose attacks, while relatively bloodless, effectively communicate a vibe of disgust and dread.

Rounding out the stellar international cast is American expatriate actor Jack Taylor (recently seen in Roman Polanski's THE NINTH GATE), Dianik Zurakowska (CAULDRON OF BLOOD, THE HANGING WOMAN), Manuel de Blas (ASSIGNMENT: TERROR, THE HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE), Luis Ciges (HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB, VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES and Pedro Almodovar's LABYRINTH OF PASSION) and Fernando Bilbao (FANGS OF THE LIVING DEAD, DRACULA PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN).

Known mostly for war films and westerns, the Argentina-born Leon Klimovsky directed THE VAMPIRES' NIGHT ORGY during a period of exclusive horror filmmaking, which included the popular Paul Naschy vehicles THE WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN, DR. JEKYLL AND THE WOLFMAN and the superior THE SAGA OF THE DRACULAS (which also featured Helga Line).

A Euro-cult classic, and well worth seeking out.